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' Patented Dec. 15, 1925.

PATENT OFFICE.

ANSOPII SKURDAL, OF BELMONT, MONTANA.

4 HINGE.

Application filed March 21, 1924. Serial No. 700,864.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANSOPH Snuiumn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Belmont, in the county of Golden .Valley and State ofMontana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hinges, of'which.the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hinges and has for its chief characteristicthe provision of a hinge primarily designed for su porting a windowscreen or storm window rom the outside of a window casing, allowing thescreen or Window to be swung outwardly to an open position, and providedwith means for holding the windoworscreenin its given position.

The nature and advantages of the invention will be better understoodwhen the following detailed description is'read in connection with theaccompanying. drawing, the

invention residing in the construction, combination and arrangement ofparts as claimed.

Inthe drawing forming part of this application, like numerals ofreference indicate similar parts in the several views, and where- Figure1 is a view showing'the manner of supporting a'window screen inaccordance with-the present invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a detail "iew of one of the hinges removed from the screenand window. Figure 4 is a view showing separate parts of the hinge.Referring to the drawings in detail, A in dicates a window casing and Bawindow screen or the like which is adapted to be sup- 7 ported from thewindow casing for swinging movement, whereby the screen can be swungoutwardly to an open position. For this purpose, the screen is attachedto the out side'of the window casing adjacent its upper corners by meansof a pair of hinges constructed in accordance with the presentinvention, when it is designed to hold the screen or the like in a givenposition when swung outwardly.

Each ofv these hinges includes hinged plates 10 and 11 respectively, theformer being adapted to be secured in any suitable manner to the outsideof the windmv casing and the latter secured to the screen. The plate 10is centrally cutaway at one side as at 12, thereby providing'separatedportions 13 which are adapted to be rolled into semi-cylindricalcontour, while arranged between these rolled portions is a spring 15.The plate 11 is similarly cutaway as at 16 to provide separated portions17 butin this instance the body of the plate 11 is completely rolled asshown to fit within the semicylindrical rolled portions of the plate 10and that the separate portions 17 on the plate 11 are adapted to besecured to the window screen. The spring 15 abovercferred to is shapedto embrace and frictionally contact the rolled body portion of the plate11, so that when the screen is swung upon its hinge, the springscont-acting the rolled portions of the plates 11 will hold the screen inany given opened'position. hen the screens are swung inwardly to :1Vclosed position, they may be locked in this position by means of hooks18 carried by the lower ends of the screen and adapted to engage eyessupported by the window casing.

IVVhile it is believed that from the foregoing description, the natureand advantages of the invention will be readilyapparent, I desire tohave it understood that I do not limit myself to what is herein shownand described, and that such changes may be resorted to when'desired asfall within the scope of what is claimed.

Having thus described-the invention, I claim:

A hinge comprising a bifurcated plate having one of its edges rolledupon itself,

such. rolled edge being provided with a cut-

